My taste for cigars has been off this past month. The last few I attempted to smoke were sort of funky tasting - so I abstained for a week and then smoked a pipe for a couple weeks. Yesterday I was in a cigar mood, so I grabbed one of my old favorites to try and wake up my tastebuds. I had a 10 yr old Mayorga green label churchill.
Smooooooooooooooth, with lots of creamy, sweet cedary flavors with a touch of mineral in the background to remind you this is still a Nicaraguan cigar. The cigar itself was hard as a rock, but had a nice easy draw with lots of smoke. The exhale through my nose did not have one bit of bite or harshness.
Man this cigar always makes me wish all my smokes had this much age. This is also why I have 8 boxes of cigars in deep storage that I don't intend to open until they are at least 5 yrs old.
My accompanying drink was a new beer for me ... Allagash Dubbel Reserve. This is Belgian style ale that is bottle conditioned, which means they add yeast + a touch of sugar before bottling so that a new fermentation will take place inside the bottle. It was quite good - nice full flavors of hops, malt and dried fruits. The head was thick and creamy and at 7% alcohol ... I only needed the one bottle (well it was 750 ml :bottle: ) to make my evening quite relaxing.
Smooooooooooooooth, with lots of creamy, sweet cedary flavors with a touch of mineral in the background to remind you this is still a Nicaraguan cigar. The cigar itself was hard as a rock, but had a nice easy draw with lots of smoke. The exhale through my nose did not have one bit of bite or harshness.
Man this cigar always makes me wish all my smokes had this much age. This is also why I have 8 boxes of cigars in deep storage that I don't intend to open until they are at least 5 yrs old.
My accompanying drink was a new beer for me ... Allagash Dubbel Reserve. This is Belgian style ale that is bottle conditioned, which means they add yeast + a touch of sugar before bottling so that a new fermentation will take place inside the bottle. It was quite good - nice full flavors of hops, malt and dried fruits. The head was thick and creamy and at 7% alcohol ... I only needed the one bottle (well it was 750 ml :bottle: ) to make my evening quite relaxing.